TY - BOOK ID - 36006830 TI - Encyclopedia of medical anthropology : health and illness in the world's cultures. AU - Ember, Carol R. AU - Ember, Melvin PY - 2004 SN - 0306477548 1849725063 0387336222 038729905X PB - New York Kluwer Academic/Plenum DB - UniCat KW - Diseases KW - Health KW - Medical anthropology KW - Medicine KW - Social medicine KW - World health KW - Social aspects. KW - #SBIB:39A1 KW - #SBIB:39A9 KW - Medical care KW - Medical sociology KW - Medicine, Social KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Global health KW - International health KW - Personal health KW - Wellness KW - Social aspects KW - Antropologie: algemeen KW - Medische antropologie / gezondheid / handicaps KW - Anthropological aspects KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Public health KW - Medical geography KW - Anthropology KW - Physiology KW - Holistic medicine KW - Hygiene KW - Well-being KW - Public welfare KW - Sociology KW - Medical ethics KW - Medical sociologists KW - International cooperation KW - Health Workforce KW - Anthropology, Cultural. KW - Cross-Cultural Comparison. KW - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. KW - Disease KW - Health Behavior KW - Socioeconomic Factors. KW - Transcultural Studies KW - Comparison, Cross-Cultural KW - Comparisons, Cross-Cultural KW - Cross Cultural Comparison KW - Cross-Cultural Comparisons KW - Studies, Transcultural KW - Study, Transcultural KW - Transcultural Study KW - Cultural Characteristics KW - Culture KW - Factors, Socioeconomic KW - High-Income Population KW - Inequalities KW - Land Tenure KW - Standard of Living KW - Factor, Socioeconomic KW - High Income Population KW - High-Income Populations KW - Inequality KW - Living Standard KW - Living Standards KW - Population, High-Income KW - Populations, High-Income KW - Socioeconomic Factor KW - Tenure, Land KW - Economics KW - Cultural Anthropology KW - Material Culture KW - Ethnography KW - Culture, Material KW - Ethnographies KW - Material Cultures KW - Qualitative Research KW - Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice KW - ethnology. KW - Social Inequalities KW - Social Inequality KW - Inequalities, Social KW - Inequality, Social KW - Anthropology. KW - Public health. KW - Public Health. KW - Community health KW - Health services KW - Hygiene, Public KW - Hygiene, Social KW - Public health services KW - Public hygiene KW - Social hygiene KW - Human services KW - Biosecurity KW - Health literacy KW - Medicine, Preventive KW - National health services KW - Sanitation KW - Human beings KW - Primitive societies KW - Social sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36006830 AB - Medical practitioners and the ordinary citizen are becoming more aware that we need to understand cultural variation in medical belief and practice. The more we know how health and disease are managed in different cultures, the more we can recognize what is "culture bound" in our own medical belief and practice. The Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology is unique because it is the first reference work to describe the cultural practices relevant to health in the world's cultures and to provide an overview of important topics in medical anthropology. No other single reference work comes close to marching the depth and breadth of information on the varying cultural background of health and illness around the world. More than 100 experts - anthropologists and other social scientists - have contributed their firsthand experience of medical cultures from around the world. ER -